(1932-2020) Science fiction author, editor. Ben Bova was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died in Naples, Florida. He received a master’s degree from the State University of New York at Albany and taught science fiction at the Hayden Planetarium in Manhattan, New York.
(1992-2020) Author. Anthony Veasna So was born in Stockton, California, and died in San Francisco, California. He received a master’s degree in creative writing from Syracuse University.
(1923-2020) Author. Henry Haller was born in Altdorf, Switzerland, and died in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
(1885-1957) Chef, author. Louis Diat was born in Bourbon-l’Archambault / Montmarault, France, and died in Manhattan, New York.
(1922-1993) Writer, mythologist, author, playwright, screenwriter. Bernard Evslin was born in New Rochelle, New York, and died in Kauai, Hawaii.
(1908-2005) Scholar, author. William N. Fenton was born in New Rochelle, New York, and died in Cooperstown, New York. He was an expert on the Iroquois culture.
(1942-2020) Scholar, author. Andrew White was born in Washington, District of Columbia, and died in Silver Spring, Maryland.
(1904-1964) Editor, journalist, author. Kendall Foss was born in New Rochelle, New York, and died in Southampton, Long Island, New York.
(1926-2020) Novelist. Alison Lurie was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in Ithaca, New York. Her novel, “Foreign Affairs” won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1985.
(1929-2020) Editor, author. Betsy Wade was born in and died in Manhattan, New York.